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The Seven Questions Meme

Seven things to do before I die

1. Return to Ireland


2. Visit the Titanic


3. Take two weeks with nothing to do


4. Take my family to Disney World. Twice.


5. See my kids at least through high school


6. Design and be involved in the building of my own house, perhaps be my own contractor and carpenter


7. Come to grips with my faith

Seven things I cannot do

1. Come to grips with my faith


2. Ski...hell, any greatly exertive activity


3. Cope with heat above ninety degrees for any length of time. Hence, no more faires.


4. Plumbing, specifically sweating copper


5. Cope well with change, particularly when I think a job is done, or nearly so


6. Keep what hair I've got left


7. Kick someone my height in the temple. Used to be able to.

Seven things that attract me to... people, y'know, for making the beast with two backs

1. Gender, specifically female. This is the only one where order matters.


2. Smile


3. Eyes


4. Ankles


5. Breasts. No plastic, please. And, yes, one can tell, so stop lying to yourself.


6. Passion outside the bedroom


7. Expressive hands, mouth. (if they work well in casual conversation, one hopes that...)

Seven things I say

1. Why, thank you Katie! (I say this one a lot)


2. Well. That's new and interesting. (usually directed at my computer)


3. Let me make the math easy for you...


4. Oh, fuck me. (though not usually as an invitation)


5. Blow me. (ditto)


6. Let's put this in perspective, shall we? (strongly related, and perhaps interchangeable with, #3)


7. Sorry piece of shit (or, sorry mutherfucker...strongly related, and perhaps interchangeable with, #2)

Seven books that I love

1. Stranger in a Strange Land


2. The Stand


3. The Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook


4. Seize the Night


5. Anything by Terry Pratchett


6. On a Pale Horse


7. Just about anything by Robert Parker

Seven movies that I've loved

1. Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope (Not particularly good, but groundbreaking)


2. Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith (finally, a Star Wars movie in the new trilogy that was actually good, in spite of Hayden Christiansen.)


3. Ball of Fire


4. Field of Dreams ("Is this heaven?" "No. It's Iowa.")


5. Pirates of the Carribean ("You cheated!" "Pirate.")


6. Jaws (duh-dum. duh-dum. duh-duh-duh-duh...)


7. Ladyhawke (Just ignore the soundtrack. They weren't even a real band, for Crissakes)